The Checkmarx whitepaper, 'CISO: How Mature is Your Application Security Program?', provides a crucial framework for CISOs to assess and enhance their application security (AppSec) maturity. It addresses common challenges like justifying funding, gaining developer buy-in, and measuring effectiveness, highlighting that AppSec risks often remain hidden until a breach. The document outlines a pragmatic, 3-step methodology to benchmark current AppSec programs, identify and close maturity gaps using agile methods, and build trust across the organization. Checkmarx's AppSec Program Methodology & Assessment (APMA) supports this process, enabling companies to mitigate application risk without hindering development, ultimately improving developer productivity by 50% and delivering 2X AppSec ROI, as

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